The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-26
BIRDS IN OHIO.

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fofc.Dle and Eloquent Article On ~
Almost Complete Disappesrano.'
Years ago blue-birds and p.-;..
red-birds. yellow birds, blue-iay,' 49,
birds, pewees, tomtlts, wax.win,, ~,
numerous other kinds Of bird v.s
common visitors in every door-yud !,
all country towns, and the fruit trs..
ornamental cvergreens and p,,5.,
shrubbery were favorite westinghouse
But now the only ones with teme,i,,
enough to reside without the solitude.
Of the rural districts are the robin AMI
pewee, and rarely the ~silique-like hon.
of the golden oriole is to be seen 4.
pending from the swaying brsnche, 4
some tall elm Or linden when former,
they too were quite plentiful. Not.
martin or a blue-bird, l am almost ce,.
tain, nestled within the limits Of Ian.
easter last year, and Will.
martins We're to be seen .
their fight and their. musical, tremu.
lous, intermitted notes heard at almost
any hour in the day, not a single nest
was known within the city. Ten years
ago they bred and roasted under the
caves Of the business houses along Main
street by the thousands, and but few
yards in the town were unadorned with
their martin-boxes. Every one took
pride in them.
While the blue-bird heralds the CON.
ing of the sunny summer time, the mar.
tin brings it with him, and, naturally
enough, after the long, dreary, weary
winter months, his first glad chirp iss
welcome sound, and his black-g green
plumage, flashing in the soft sunlight
as he gyrates and sweeps against
the myosotis background above, Is
sight that stimulates the fancy and in.
fuses new life into the heartof even the
stolid and anchorite.
Another common bird within the
town formerly was the slender, grace.
ful-shaped cat-bird, or northern mock.
ing-bird. as he is sometimes called.
He was here in great plentifulness, and
constructed his artistic nest within the
%intricacies of the currant and goose.
berry bushes, or among the my.
riophilous ivy vines that chamber and
climb over the rear walls OF all Old
houses here. He is a pretty, dainty
bird, of a deep, solid slate, and his
song is unmatched by that Of any Of his
kindred, the brown thrush excepted, in
this latitude. But he, too, has vanish
ed, and we have but the memory Of bis
enhancing serenades, or his aggrieved
"mew," as he hops fpm twig to
ground, and from ground to arbcr, FOL-
lowing you about in your walks over
the premises, informing you at
every step that you are en-
~croaching upon his exclusive domain
They are very tame, yet do not make
desirable pets or cage birds. But nd
only have our summer birds left l1
but even the winter visitors, the differ
ent varieties of snow birds, the bon
tings, the tom-tits, the chicadces, te
wax-wings, the grosbeaks, the Jays ana
the ousels, come no more. What ioeO
used to come riding in on the winds
just before or during a snow-storm' aaa
how they would settle down about tho
very doorway and eagerly begin thel'
search for the crumbs and other refas
from the table, and what an incessan'
twittering and piping they maintslnea
as they hoped and jostled eac, otne,
about in the beautiful snow. hapg,
birds! Oh for the powers revivlsceI'
/ wish they were mine, and ! w0aIe
again make the world full OF beauty
the restoration Of the rds.-La"cds'
CO., Cor. Cincinnati Commercial